January 10, 1855 - January 30, 1930
Puerto Rican physician, poet, journalist and politician
Author of "La Charca" (considered to be the first novel of Puerto Rico), "Garduna" and "El Negocio"
Founded the newspapers, El Estudio (with Amy Braschi) and La Opinion (for which he was also the editor) in 1896 and 1900
Bought the newspaper La Correspondencia in 1902